McKinney says, “My sister shoots down in Atlanta. She’s outraged at the high price of ammo just to shoot targets with. So she’s looking into reloading. But even reloading is expensive too because the components themselves are expensive. There’s a lot of brass involved.”

“.380 and .32 are the most popular, and then it’s going to be a 40 Smith and Wesson, a 40 caliber, and then 9mm, .45 on up from there, “says Tim Seaton, general manager at Don’s Weaponry in North Little Rock.